HEY THERE, PUMPKIN...

Hello lovely coco+kelley readers! This is Apollina from Apollinas bringing you a glitzy idea for your Fall festivities!

I love gold. I love wearing it, I love seeing it and I love eating it. I even suggested to my fiancé that we name our first born girl Gold – he didn’t go for it. (In fact, he preemptively struck any baby names having to do with precious or semi-precious metals, stones or gems.)

This time of year, what I'm really loving is this idea of painting pumpkins gold, and I thought it would also be the perfect way to add some glamour to delicious (but boring brown) pumpkin pies!

Mini pumpkin candies are cute on their own, but when you add a little gold luster spray and some edible glitter, they become much more dramatic and adult.

I sprayed the candies with edible gold luster spray and added some edible gold glitter. The glitter is fun to paint on with a little paintbrush, just use some vodka or lemon juice to adhere it. To give them a little variety, some of the candies I just dusted with the glitter and didn’t spray...

Pumpkin pie is a staple dessert this time of year and mini versions are easy and fun for Fall parties. I kept things simple and bought some pre-made mini graham pie shells (like these), a can of pumpkin puree and then assembled according to package directions.

Since these are mini versions, I reduced the oven temp to 350 and didn’t bake as long as the can told me to (just use the toothpick test!). When they were ready, I topped each pie with a big dollop of whip and a golden pumpkin candy!

I really loved the way these came out! The graham crust tasted delicious with the pumpkin pie, I actually prefer it to the traditional flaky crust, and the little pumpkins added the perfect finishing touch


Happy Fall + Happy Gilding to all!

*first image via country living, all other images by apollina